Lanarkshire Genealogy
(Glasgow)

Description

"Lanarkshire, inland co. in SW. of Scotland; is bounded N. by Dumbartonshire
and Stirlingshire, E. by Linlithgowshire, Edinburghshire, and Peeblesshire,
S. by Dumfriesshire, and W. by Ayrshire and Renfrewshire; greatest length,
NW. and SE., 52 miles; greatest breadth, NE. and SW., 34 miles; area, 564,284
ac., pop. 904,412. Lanarkshire is often called Clydesdale, occupying, as
it does, the valley of the Clyde, which traverses the county from SE. to
NW., and receives numerous tributary streams, including the Douglas, Avon,
and Calder."from The New London Gazetteer 1826